EIC bulletinFormer highways department engineer Ramsay Murray discusses the Mosquito Creek Bridge at Marine Drive and Fell Avenue at the June 1 dedication of a National Historic Civil Engineering Society plaque to the first pre-stressed concrete bridge in Canada. READ MORE

CSCEIn celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary, Building Canada, presented by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) in collaboration with the City of Ottawa, the University of Ottawa and the University of New Brunswick, will take you on a journey celebrating our past accomplishments and building excitement for our future, as it highlights the transformative story of civil engineering in our country in a series of posters, videos and displays.

Come visit the exhibit, located in the main foyer of City Hall near the information desk, and check out some of the most innovative civil engineering projects from across the years, including some of Ottawa's most recent contributions.

CSCEOver 700 delegates attended the CSCE 2017 annual conference in Vancouver from May 31st to June 3rd. CSCE extends its warm thanks to the delegates who attended this great conference and congratulates all those who made it such a success.

BQE SoftwareWhether your firm is expanding or staying in maintenance mode, profitability should be a constant concern. See how this civil engineering company was able to easily and quickly forecast revenue and plan accordingly, resulting in a 300% increase in profitability in 3 years. Get the whole story.READ MORE

CP24 Ground has officially been broken on a new high-rise project at the foot of Bay Street that Mayor John Tory is calling a "shining example of transit oriented development" for its inclusion of a new GO bus terminal.
About 150 people attended a groundbreaking ceremony for CIBC Square, formally known as Bay Park Centre.
The 2.9 million-square foot development, which will serve as CIBC's new head office, consists of a 49- and 50-storery tower at 81 Bay Street and 141 Bay Street.
In addition to office space for 15,000 CIBC employees and a further 1.75 million square feet of leasable space, the development will be home to a new GO bus terminal located at 81 Bay Street.READ MORE

CBC NewsThe land between the northern Manitoba town of Churchill and its nearest southern neighbours poses a host of challenges to building any kind of permanent road.
But after flood damage severed the only land link to the community — a railway from Gillam — one civil engineer with experience constructing highways in the far north thinks it's time to build one.READ MORE

CBC NewsConstruction will start this summer on Enbridge's 1,700-kilometre Line 3 replacement pipeline, the largest project the company has ever undertaken.
Several pipeline projects have been proposed to pass through the Prairies, though this will be the first to proceed. The $7.5 billion Line 3 replacement from Hardisty, AB, to Superior, WI, was approved by Justin Trudeau's Liberal government last fall, at the same time as the Trans Mountain expansion.READ MORE

Global NewsOverweight vehicles thundering down Saskatchewan's roads are causing millions in damage each year, and there's concern the government isn't doing enough to stop it.
"The processes the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure uses to enforce vehicle weight and dimension laws on provincial highways were ineffective," provincial auditor Judy Ferguson said when she released her latest report.
"We found that the plan wasn't being carried out and management wasn't actively monitoring whether or not it was carried out."READ MORE

Edmonton JournalThe City of Edmonton just hired structural engineers to evaluate if it's possible to widen the more than 100-year-old High Level Bridge for cyclists and pedestrians.
Pedestrians are feeling threatened by cyclists, especially as they cross on the narrow east side, and city officials say they are looking at all options as they prepare the bridge for regularly-scheduled rehabilitation.
"It's a technical feasibility investigation," said Jason Meliefste, branch manager for infrastructure planning, after recently giving an update to council's urban planning committee.READ MORE

Toronto StarHow many people does it take to change a light bulb at the Good Shepherd Centre?
A lot.
A group of engineers from the Canadian Electrical Contractors Association's University of Toronto Student Chapter entered a Green Energy Challenge in 2015. They didn't quite make it to the final, ending up in fourth place.
But with the backing of various associations, contractors and suppliers, they saw their project come to fruition at the homeless shelter on Queen St. E.READ MORE

Windsor SquareAlthough there is almost a full year to go before the Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority selects a contractor for the billion dollar project to construct the Gordie Howe International Bridge, the Authority has busied itself readying the boggy Canadian side for announcement day.
The work it is doing is called pulling it forward; a plan to take care of a number of details to give the contractor a fairly clean slate so it can concentrate solely on bridge work.READ MORE